Improvement in making cheese-hoops



UNITED STATES PATENTy OEEIoE.

E. M. v1E'rs,oE CARLISLE, oHio.

IMPROVEMENT IN MAKING CHEESE-HOOPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Potent No. 79,164, dated June 23, 1868.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, H. M. VIETs, ot' Garlisle, in the county of Lorain and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cheese-Making Hoops and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and complete description of the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view ofthe hoop; Figs. 2, 3, and 4, Vdetached sections.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several views.

Fig. 3 representsahoop, which is constructed in two sections, A B, section A being tilted to the inside ot' B, so that B forms a wide hoop or band around the lower edge of A, and to which it is soldered or otherwise peri'nanently secured. Fig. 2 also represents a hoop, and which is of the same diameter as section A. This hoop is also fitted to the inside ot section B, so that when inserted in B its upper edge will meet the lower edge of section A, thereby making the inner surfaces oi' the two hoops flush, and horizontally closely iittingtogether.

In order for a proper understanding of the operation of this arrangement of hoops, I will brieily describe the ordinary process of pressing the curd into shape, which is done by throwing -it into a deep cheese-hoop ot' the proper size, on which a follower is placed, which is then submitted to the press. When sufficiently pressed, it is taken from the hoop and covered with cloth, as follows: A' strip of cloth equal in length to'the circumference of the cheese, and of a width some inches more than its thickness, is drawn around and secured to the edge ot' the cheese. The edges of the cloth are then folded down upon the sides. The yi-t naked central part of the cheese is covered by a disk of cloth, cut to the proper size, and laid upon it, and to which it is made to adhere by pressure or otherwise.

This matter of covering or clothing the cheese is a work ot' much time and labor, requiring no little skill in its proper performance, to avoid which is the purpose of the hoop above described, and which is used in the following manner: A piece of cloth of the proper' size to cover the edge and one side of the cheese is laid upon the hoop C, and pressed down into and smoothly adjusted therein. The edge of the cloth is lapped down over the sides of the hoop, as shown in Fig. 1, in which a represents the cloth, and the dotted line o the lower edge of the hoop. In this condition of the hoop and cloth the hoop A B is forced down over it, thereby binding the cloth between the two hoops. The curd is now put into the hoop on the cloth, which, as will be obvious, covers the bottom ofthe pressboard. The follower, Fig. 4, is now pnt on, and the curd subjected to the press, in the ordinary way. This being donc, the upper section of the 'hoop A B is removed with the follower, and the cheese taken out, the edge of which and side will be found covered with the cloth previously put into the hoop. The loose edge of the cloth is now folded down around upon the upper sideof the cheese, and the central space isthen covered by a disk of cloth, cut and iitted for that purpose, thus completing the clothing of the cheese immediately on its leaving the press.

The pressing and most ofthe clothing being done at one operation, saves largely in time and labor, as it is not necessary to handle the cheese iu order to put on the last piece of the covering.

What I claim as my improvement, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The hoop C, in combination with the hoop A B, iu the manner as and for the `purpose specified.

H. M. VIEIS. 

